The docs for ubuntu desktop for linux has poor ux in several ways.

[Johnrobmiller]

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Type of issue

There's a problem with the website

Description

Hi, I'm noticing a few usability issues with the docs, and I thought I might try and help you guys out by doing a bit of QA for you guys and bringing awareness to these issues.

Firstly, the "DEB package" button is not prominent enough on the screen. Real users don't read the docs line by line and carefully examine the elements on the screen. So this important button is going to be needlessly missed, and at a high rate. Whoever is designing this page needs to do some touch up work to make this much clearer.

Second, on the docs for docker desktop for linux, you instruct the user to install via the following command:

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install ./docker-desktop-<version>-<arch>.deb

However, there is a problem. Instead of requiring the user to go on a hunt to find the latest version number, you should just tell them. To not do so is lazy and bad ux. I'm sure there is a way to fetch the version number from github and display it on the page.

Third, you should also explain what <arch> means for newcomers to linux.

There might be more issues, but theses are some that I noticed while using them to install docker desktop on linux.

Location

https://docs.docker.com/desktop/install/ubuntu/

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